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Hurricane Laura makes landfall as Category 4 storm
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The powerful storm made landfall in southwestern Louisiana. Catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds and flash flooding are already occurring in areas
Major Hurricane Laura approaching Gulf Coast landfall
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Major Hurricane Laura approaching Gulf Coast landfall
Hurricane Laura makes landfall in the US
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Here's what it looks like in Lake Charles, Louisiana right now
"We are in a sheltered area so we're not getting the full blast of the storm, but the eyewall is really close to us now. You can hear a lot of things banging out of the darkness, and we've had the power go off and on. This storm is clearly roaring, and you are reaching that critical moment here, for anybody who's hunkered inside their home."
Savidge added that the wind was so strong it was hard to stay standing -- but the area is facing the second, potentially worse threat of storm surge.
There is a "tremendous volume of rain that's now falling down," he said. "We have slight damage on the property here, but in the exposed areas, especially right down on the coast, they would be getting hammered by all of this."
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CNN Correspondent Martin Savidge is in Lake Charles, Louisiana, about 30 miles away from the eye of Hurricane Laura, which has made landfall near Cameron.
"You're really getting a sense of the volume of water and amount of wind blow that is blasting across the landscape here," Savidge said, as wind and rain gusts around him.
"We are in a sheltered area so we're not getting the full blast of the storm, but the eyewall is really close to us now. You can hear a lot of things banging out of the darkness, and we've had the power go off and on. This storm is clearly roaring, and you are reaching that critical moment here, for anybody who's hunkered inside their home."
Savidge added that the wind was so strong it was hard to stay standing -- but the area is facing the second, potentially worse threat of storm surge.
There is a "tremendous volume of rain that's now falling down," he said. "We have slight damage on the property here, but in the exposed areas, especially right down on the coast, they would be getting hammered by all of this."
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Official in Cameron, Louisiana says they probably won't be able to survey damage until Friday
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Authorities in Cameron, Louisiana, will probably be unable to survey damage across the parish on Thursday due to the expected tidal surge, said Ashley Buller, Cameron's Assistant Director of Emergency Preparedness.
Buller speculated that it may be Friday or Saturday before authorities could make it into the parish.
Hurricane Laura just made landfall near Cameron. Peak wind gusts in the Parish have been reported up to 127 mph in the past hour as the eye approached.
About 150 residents of the parish chose not to evacuate and ride out the storm.
Hurricane Laura makes landfall near Cameron, Louisiana
Hurricane Laura, still a Category 4 storm, has made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana.
There are already "catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds, and flash flooding" taking place in some portions of the state, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The hurricane is now about 30 miles southwest of Lake Charles, Louisiana, and about 40 miles east of Port Arthur, Texas.
Maximum winds are still a devastating 150 miles per hour, and the hurricane itself continues to move north at 15 mph.
The storm is expected to move inland across southwestern Louisiana over the coming hours, then head north across the state on Thursday afternoon. The center of the storm will then move over Arkansas and the mid-Mississippi Valley on Friday, then reach the mid-Atlantic states by Saturday.
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Hurricane Laura, still a Category 4 storm, has made landfall near Cameron, Louisiana.
There are already "catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds, and flash flooding" taking place in some portions of the state, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The hurricane is now about 30 miles southwest of Lake Charles, Louisiana, and about 40 miles east of Port Arthur, Texas.
Maximum winds are still a devastating 150 miles per hour, and the hurricane itself continues to move north at 15 mph.
The storm is expected to move inland across southwestern Louisiana over the coming hours, then head north across the state on Thursday afternoon. The center of the storm will then move over Arkansas and the mid-Mississippi Valley on Friday, then reach the mid-Atlantic states by Saturday.
More than 103,000 customers are without power across Louisiana and Texas
From CNN’s Joe Sutton
Power outages in Louisiana and Texas are continuing to climb in the early hours of Thursday morning, as Hurricane Laura inches closer to the Gulf Coast.
There are now more than 103,000 customers without power in both states, according to PowerOutage.US.
Some 87,157 of those customers are in Louisiana, while the remaining 16,356 are in Texas.
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From CNN’s Joe Sutton
Power outages in Louisiana and Texas are continuing to climb in the early hours of Thursday morning, as Hurricane Laura inches closer to the Gulf Coast.
There are now more than 103,000 customers without power in both states, according to PowerOutage.US.
Some 87,157 of those customers are in Louisiana, while the remaining 16,356 are in Texas.
Residents who stay behind will be "on their own" when the storm hits, Texas mayor warns
"There are still some who have remained, and they know that they are actually on their own because there's no emergency services available to them during this particular period of time. But we are now just awaiting arrival."
Winds in the area are already reaching 40 to 50 miles an hour, and the rain is intensifying, but "the full brunt of it has not even arrived yet," he said.
"Thank God our citizens, the majority of them, have gotten out. We appreciate that."
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In Port Arthur, Texas, the majority of residents have evacuated, Mayor Thurman Bartie said on Wednesday night, warning that emergency services won't be able to help those left behind when the storm fully hits.
"My main priority is really to get all citizens out of homes. Thank God, we probably got 70, almost 80% of our citizens out, actually evacuated," he told CNN.
The mayor called a mandatory evacuation order on Monday, he said.
"There are still some who have remained, and they know that they are actually on their own because there's no emergency services available to them during this particular period of time. But we are now just awaiting arrival."
Winds in the area are already reaching 40 to 50 miles an hour, and the rain is intensifying, but "the full brunt of it has not even arrived yet," he said.
"Thank God our citizens, the majority of them, have gotten out. We appreciate that."
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The storm surges will be like "a wall of water," Chris Cuomo warns
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The hurricane eyewall is now moving onshore over Louisiana
Not enough people have evacuated, Lake Charles mayor says
"We ran that all yesterday and even this morning. I do fear that not enough evacuated, and I'm very concerned about not only the survival aspect of the storm itself, but also the aftermath."
Hunter added that it's difficult to estimate how many people stayed in Lake Charles, but fewer seem to have evacuated than during the devastating 2005 Hurricane Rita.
Former New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu also weighed in on Wednesday night.
"If you are not where you are supposed to be and that water hits, you will drown. There is no way to survive that," he said. "I'm very afraid (for) the people that did not evacuate."
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1 hr 41 min ago
Hurricane Laura is only a few hours away from landfall -- but there are still many people who have stayed behind in Louisiana despite mandatory evacuation orders.
"We did everything humanly possible to get the message to people, and for individuals that don't even have the financial means to pick themselves up and evacuate, we did provide transportation via our municipal buses and coordinate the state of Louisiana," Mayor Nic Hunter of Lake Charles told CNN on Wednesday night as the hurricane approached.
"We ran that all yesterday and even this morning. I do fear that not enough evacuated, and I'm very concerned about not only the survival aspect of the storm itself, but also the aftermath."
Hunter added that it's difficult to estimate how many people stayed in Lake Charles, but fewer seem to have evacuated than during the devastating 2005 Hurricane Rita.
Former New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu also weighed in on Wednesday night.
"If you are not where you are supposed to be and that water hits, you will drown. There is no way to survive that," he said. "I'm very afraid (for) the people that did not evacuate."
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Parts of Louisiana will be submerged underwater, governor warns
“The surge is going to inland, they predict, there will be parts of Lake Charles underwater that no living human being has ever seen before,” he said in an interview with WWL Radio.
“We are marshaling all of our people and assets to go in tomorrow and start a very robust search and rescue effort,” Edwards added. “We’ve brought in search and rescue teams from other states, such as Tennessee, for example.”
“The first thing about tomorrow is all about saving lives and of course we will be transporting a lot more people to shelters initially and ultimately to hotel and motel rooms."
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1 hr 51 min ago
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards warned today that parts of the state will be submerged underwater from Hurricane Laura.
“The surge is going to inland, they predict, there will be parts of Lake Charles underwater that no living human being has ever seen before,” he said in an interview with WWL Radio.
“We are marshaling all of our people and assets to go in tomorrow and start a very robust search and rescue effort,” Edwards added. “We’ve brought in search and rescue teams from other states, such as Tennessee, for example.”
“The first thing about tomorrow is all about saving lives and of course we will be transporting a lot more people to shelters initially and ultimately to hotel and motel rooms."
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Extreme wind warnings issued in Louisiana for Lake Charles, Beaumont, and Port Arthur
A rare “extreme wind warning” has been issued by the National Weather Service office in Louisiana.
Extreme wind warnings are issued when winds that are not associated with a tornado or other thunderstorm event are expected to exceed 115 mph, such as in a major hurricane.
The warning covers Lake Charles, Beaumont, Port Arthur and other nearby locations in extreme southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas, until 2 a.m. ET.
Residents in these locations are warned to ”take cover now and to treat these imminent extreme winds as if a tornado was approaching and move immediately to the safe room in your shelter.”
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A rare “extreme wind warning” has been issued by the National Weather Service office in Louisiana.
Extreme wind warnings are issued when winds that are not associated with a tornado or other thunderstorm event are expected to exceed 115 mph, such as in a major hurricane.
The warning covers Lake Charles, Beaumont, Port Arthur and other nearby locations in extreme southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas, until 2 a.m. ET.
Residents in these locations are warned to ”take cover now and to treat these imminent extreme winds as if a tornado was approaching and move immediately to the safe room in your shelter.”
The hurricane eyewall is approaching the Louisiana coast
The center warned that there will be "catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds, and flash flooding expected tonight and early Thursday."
Wind gusts at Cameron, Louisiana, are already reaching 67 miles per hour. Meanwhile, gusts at Calcasieu Pass are measuring 70 mph.
Most Cameron residents have evacuated, though some remain. About 100,000 residents in Calcasieu Parish, where Lake Charles is located, could face possible flooding.
The hurricane's maximum sustained winds remain at 150 mph, as it moves toward the coast at roughly 15 mph.
1 hr 53 min ago
The hurricane eyewall is nearing the coast of Louisiana, the National Hurricane Center warned in their 11 p.m. ET update.
The center warned that there will be "catastrophic storm surge, extreme winds, and flash flooding expected tonight and early Thursday."
Wind gusts at Cameron, Louisiana, are already reaching 67 miles per hour. Meanwhile, gusts at Calcasieu Pass are measuring 70 mph.
Most Cameron residents have evacuated, though some remain. About 100,000 residents in Calcasieu Parish, where Lake Charles is located, could face possible flooding.
The hurricane's maximum sustained winds remain at 150 mph, as it moves toward the coast at roughly 15 mph.
Dilapidated bridge on I-10 at risk from Hurricane Laura's storm surge and winds
From CNN's Virginia Langmaid
Calcasieu River Bridge near Lake Charles, Louisiana. Alamy 2 hr 15 min ago
From CNN's Virginia Langmaid
The western stretch of Interstate 10, which runs across southern Louisiana, is now closed as Hurricane Laura barrels toward the coast.
In preparation for the storm, Gov. John Bel Edwards closed the highway from the Louisiana-Texas border to the Atchafalaya Basin.
Watch Laura's rapid intensification
2 hr 29 min ago
From midnight last night to midnight tonight, Laura has rapidly intensified from a Category 1 without an eye to a category 4 hurricane with a well-defined eye.
The eye-wall, the area around the eye, is the strongest portion of a hurricane.
Here's what that 24-hour intensification looked like on satellite:
Louisiana governor asks residents to stay off the roads and "pray for the best"
"Much of our state is in the path of Hurricane Laura tonight. Whether you evacuated or are at home, you need to stay off the roads. This is a time for all of us to be praying for the best, while we're prepared for the worst. God bless you and your families. Be safe tonight," he tweeted.
Much of our state is in the path of #HurricaneLaura tonight. Whether you evacuated or are at home, you need to stay off the roads. This is a time for all of us to be praying for the best, while we're prepared for the worst. God bless you and your families. Be safe tonight. #Laura
— John Bel Edwards (@LouisianaGov) August 27, 2020
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards tonight warned residents to stay off the roads as the state prepares for Hurricane Laura to make landfall.
"Much of our state is in the path of Hurricane Laura tonight. Whether you evacuated or are at home, you need to stay off the roads. This is a time for all of us to be praying for the best, while we're prepared for the worst. God bless you and your families. Be safe tonight," he tweeted.
Much of our state is in the path of #HurricaneLaura tonight. Whether you evacuated or are at home, you need to stay off the roads. This is a time for all of us to be praying for the best, while we're prepared for the worst. God bless you and your families. Be safe tonight. #Laura— John Bel Edwards (@LouisianaGov) August 27, 2020
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